Exports of Korean ICT products expanded almost 10 percent on year in March led by chips and display panels. Moon Ji-young has the latest numbers. Rebounds in chip and display sales led to an increase in South Korea’s tech exports last month, according to data released by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on … Read more
Over in Oman this past Saturday. Officials from the U.S. and Iran addressed the latter’s nuclear weapons ambitions with more talks scheduled for this coming weekend. Our Park Kun-woo reports. Nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran are set to resume this weekend, but with potential pitfalls ahead, including the agenda and format. The first … Read more
The number of employed Koreans in their late 20s has retreated to its lowest level in 12 years. Data shared by Statistics Korea on this Monday show some 2-point-4 million Koreans between the ages of 25 and 29 were employed in the first quarter of this year DOWN 98-thousand on year. The agency is linking … Read more
Acting President Han Duck-soo has called his commitment to navigating the nation through tough tariff talks with the Trump administration his “final mission” Chairing a Cabinet meeting earlier on this Monday Han emphasized turning the crisis into an opportunity by leveraging his extensive trade experience to protect national interests and enhance Korea’s global competitiveness. These … Read more
A Russian air assault against a northeastern Ukrainian city this past weekend has taken dozens of lives and injured over a hundred others. Byeon Ye-young covers this latest attack. Rubble and bodies were left among the ashes and smoke after two Russian ballistic missiles struck the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday. The attack … Read more
The U.S. Energy Department’s designation of South Korea as a “sensitive country” goes into effect tomorrow that is Tuesday. While the designation does NOT set new restrictions it does mandate internal reviews before joint programs or actual visits to listed countries. Accordingly pundits fear the designation will hinder collaboration between Seoul and Washington in areas … Read more
The accidental bombing of a residential area in Pocheon city last month was indeed owing to negligence. According to findings of an interim investigation by the Defense Ministry released on this Monday the two pilots entered the wrong target coordinates. They also dropped the bombs without visually verifying the target NOR did the training follow … Read more
It certainly felt like the rewind button on the seasons was hit! Winter made a surprise comeback over the weekend with gusty winds. There has been more rain nationwide today, which could linger into tomorrow dawn, snow for mountainous regions in Gangwon-do. Highs were 5 to 10 degrees Celsius lower than norms today, but as … Read more
Hello and welcome to the start of a new workweek. You’re watching Press Perspective for Monday April 14th. I’m Min Sunhee. Preparations are well underway for South Korea’s early presidential race and today we touch upon partisan primary election plans and potential pledges of broader interest. For more I have Steven Borowiec with Japanese weekly … Read more
What do you have for us today, Yoo-jin? We often hear about how Korean culture is putting Korea on the map. But today, I have a story of an illustrator who’s quite literally putting Korea on a map. Take a look. You know Gwanghwamun Gate, but you’ve never seen it quite like this. This is … Read more
